Mop or brush holder



(No Model.)

A. D. GRANGER. MOP 0R BRUSH HOLDER.

Patented May 8, 1 894. I

I I'NITED STATES A LFORD D. GRANGER, OF MOLENA, GEORGIA.

MOP OR BRUSH HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 519,329, dated May 8,1894.

Application filed November 16, 1893i Serial No- 490, N m el i To allwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFORD D. GRANGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Molena, in the county of Pike and State of Georgia, haveinvented a new and useful Mop or Brush Holder, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to improvements in mop or brush-holders, theobjects in view he mg to provide a new and improved holder of cheap andsimple construction that may be attached exteriorly to an ordinaryconstruction of mop, brush or similar implement to hold the head rigidwith the handle, and to prevent the former from working loose from thelatter by use; and'when used as a mopholder, it is capable of permittinga reversal of the latter so that unworn portions of the mop maybe-presented in working position.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certainfeatures of construction hereinafter specified and particularly pointedout in the claims.

Referring to the drawingsw Figure 1 is a perspective view of a holderembodying my invention, the same being applied to a mop. Fig. 2 is atransverse vertical sectional-view through the mop-head. Fig. 3 is adetail in elevation of the lower portion of the holder previous to theapplication of the handle and mop-head.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

In practicing my invention I employa pair of curved spring-arms l and 2,the latter being more gradually curved than the former arms 1 and 2 areprovided at their lower ends with flattened gripping-plates 3, and abovethe same with bends 4 forming seats. At their upper extremities the armsare bifurcated as at 5, the branches of the bifurcation being curved soas to embrace the opposite sides of the cylindrical handle 7. Anelongated link.8 is arranged over the arms in the seats formed by thebends 4,.and it provides a fulcrum for the arm, whereby the grippingplates are caused to clamp the head of a mop.

In operation, in order to clamp a head, the clamping-plates are firstintroduced over the head previous to the insertion of the stick orhandle 2, after which the arms are sprung and therefore somewhatlonger.These springapart and the stick slidjendwise between the arms andthrough the link, the stick acting as a wedge to spread the arms againstthe ends of the link and hence contract the lower ends orclamping-plates of the arms. screw 8 may be inserted in the lower end ofthe stick or handle below the link to prevent a withdrawal of the saidhandle, but such is not absolutely necessary to a successful gripping ofthe brush-head.

In the present instance Ihave shown my invention as applied to amop-head, but it will be obvious that the same may be applied to anykind of a brush or other tool head. The I mop-head comprises theopposite side-clamps 9, the same having spikes 10 upon their inner sidesand embracing a body of shucksor a mop-cloth as may be desired.

It will'be obvious that when one face of the mop becomes worn the headmay be removed and reversed, thus bringing the other end of the shucksin operative position.

By my inventionit will be seen that I provide a very secure means ofconnecting a handle to a head of i any kind, the said connection beingrigid in the extreme and incapable of working loose from use.

I do not limit my invention to the precise details of constructionherein shown and described, but hold that I may vary the same to anydegree and extent within the knowledge of the skilled mechanic.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. An attachment orholder designed to be applied exteriorly to a mop or similar implement,and consisting of the opposite outwardly curved resilient armsterminating at their lowerends in gri'pping plates for engaging theopposite sides of a mop head and having their upper ends enlarged toreceive a mop handle, whereby the arms are spread to cause the grippingplates to clamp the mop head, and means for connecting the arms abovethe gripping plates whereby the arms are fulcrumed, substantially asdescribed.

2. An attachment or holder designed to be applied exteriorly to a mop orsimilar implement, and consisting of the opposite outwardly curvedresilient arms terminating at their lower ends in gripping plates forclamping gripping plates with inward bends forming seats, the upper endsof said arms being shaped to receive and engage a mop handle, wherebythe gripping plates are caused to clamp the head of a mop, and a linkadapted to encircle a mop handle and arranged in the seats formed bysaid bends, whereby the arms are connected'and fulcrumed, substantiallyas described.

8. The combination with the mop-head, the opposite curved arms, one ofwhich is longer than the other, both of said arms terminating at theirlower ends in clamping-plates, above the same provided with bends and attheir

